Small prefab backyard home feels more livable than McMansions by Kirsten Dirksen on September 11, 2022 John Geary grew up watching his father build big homes in the San Francisco Bay Area where it can take …
Modal is a backyard home to rent-out or dwell-in anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on August 1, 2021 Can backyard homes provide income & housing? A year after Salt Lake City allowed owners to put tiny homes in …
LA breezy in-law unit is multi-level “cabin in the woods” by Kirsten Dirksen on October 10, 2020 When Bo Sundius’ father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, given the 6-to-8-thousand-dollar-per-month cost of 24-hour care, Sundius and his architect wife …
A backyard tiny home that expands beyond its surface by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2020 Limited by the city of Austin (Texas) to building on 45% of a lot, architect Nicole Blair leaned the walls …
Turning a garage into an in-law unit as empty nest alternative by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2019 Stacy Lince’s family of four and her widowed mother, Lee Reich, were paying a collective $4,000 per month (and rising) …
Alleyway home in Toronto makes room splitting into 5 levels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2019 Toronto is the fastest growing city in North America, but rather than simply grow up and out, city planners are …
Swedish-inspired backyard cottage works as secluded oasis home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2019 Su Pang loves travel and traditional Swedish cottages. In 2013, she had a little-used 5000-square-foot backyard subject to relaxed building …
Can backyard tiny homes solve CA’s affordable housing need? by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2019 Looking for a local solution to the California housing shortage, Clovis city planners bypassed legalizing tiny houses on wheels for …
Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
Vina Lustado’s home-office using 2 tiny houses in “L” + deck by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2018 When Vina Lustado moved into the 140-square-foot home on wheels she and her husband Cliff had built (for $40,000) in …
